ADMIRAL SOMERVILLE MEETS US RIVER PILOTS. NOVEMBER 1944, NEW YORK. ADMIRAL SIR JAMES SOMERVILLE, KCB, KBE, DSO, HEAD OF THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY DELEGATION TO THE UNITED STATES, MET THE OFFICERS IN CHARGE OF US PILOTS OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY WHOSE TASK IT IS TO NAVIGATE THE LEASE-LEND CONVOYS THROUGH THE INTRICATE CHANNELS LINKING NEW YORK HARBOUR WITH THE CONVOY ROUTES. - Admiral Sir James Somerville congratulating Captain Lowe, (in charge of the New Jersey Sandy Hook pilots) and Commander Anderson (in charge of the New York Sandy Hook pilots). ,

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